…I know. That was my point. I was trying to counter the argument that seems to be increasingly put forward in these discussions that is along the lines of "people who can't use Windows 8 are idiots". Because they aren't.
Windows 8 is a Joke!
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…I know. That was my point. I was trying to counter the argument that seems to be increasingly put forward in these discussions that is along the lines of "people who can't use Windows 8 are idiots". Because they aren't.
Wont have a roi, are you kidding yourself? Let alone the time saving features in win8 like fast boot and easy reinstall/refresh for the front line IT staff.
There's many ways to get roi, not least the huge benefits to mobile staff. Which we have seen several large companies allready roll out w8 tablets, and the fact they integrate smoothly with the office systems.
Another one accounted the other day, an insurance firm rolling out 30k custom Fujitsu tablets to its mobile work force. Which will increase flexibility, decrease time and paper.
There's many ways to get roi, not least the huge benefits to mobile staff. Which we have seen several large companies allready roll out w8 tablets, and the fact they integrate smoothly with the office systems.
Another one accounted the other day, an insurance firm rolling out 30k custom Fujitsu tablets to its mobile work force. Which will increase flexibility, decrease time and paper.
They very much are interlaced.
Why make lots of software, when they can all use one platform and one piece of software. That very much is a huge saving in training, support, and creating software in the first time.
Then as I said there are other benefits for win8 in purely office situations that will see increased productivity and money saving.
Most companies have large numbers of mobile staff, from tradition sales and engineering staff, to office staff who have meetings all over the place and need mobile computting.
Who suggested upgrading just for the sake of it? On a corporate desktop I agree, but where did this come from? I don't think anybody has suggested such a project (please correct me if I'm wrong)
It was in response to the suggestions that staff that can't grasp Windows 8 from the outset are useless and should be sacked. This is a great viewpoint to have if you want to further the stereotypical 'BOFH' style IT administrator, but not a great way to keep a job.
It's not a question of upgrading for the sake of it,we are talking about workers getting paid in the office to work with the OS the company use(any OS),its like you saying sorry I can't use Win7 or 8 I want Win 3.11,you use what the company use period.
Basically workers in an office environment should be prepared to use whatever the company needs or adapts too.
BTW it took me 2 weeks to learn my way around Win8 and this is from a guy with no IT training when I was at school, computers were not even around back then.
Don't confuse home users with office workers,home users do have a choice.
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We're going round in circles here. If you upgrade corporate desktops to Windows 8 and don't train anyone then you can't fire people when they can't work it out. The best case scenario is that you lose a ton of time to people trying to figure it out themselves.
And who's doing or even saying that?
Nope, he siad should work with the os even if they need training.
Which is right, you have to work with what the company gives you, you have no right to refuse and if you need training it makes biusiness sense otherwise they aren't getting the max from you.
So no, you will have to do better than that,
Which is right, you have to work with what the company gives you, you have no right to refuse and if you need training it makes biusiness sense otherwise they aren't getting the max from you.
So no, you will have to do better than that,
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I bought my first copy at £15 to upgrade my AMD C-50 powered Acer Iconia Tablet.
The difference it made over Windows 7 was brilliant. Turned an OK device into one I wanted to use. Admittedly that was a tablet but the best thing about it was the speed increase on a weak CPU.
The difference it made over Windows 7 was brilliant. Turned an OK device into one I wanted to use. Admittedly that was a tablet but the best thing about it was the speed increase on a weak CPU.
So you try to throw cheap sarcastic insults now,that's that about your level and I'm not surprised,its clear you don't understand or refuse to even try.
Most companies will only just be upgrading to Windows 7 anyway.
It's always smart in a business sense to be one behind so the system is fully supported and it then doesn't require employees to need much training due to being used to that system at home plus the current company software should be supported.
A lot of people keep saying about Windows 8 quick boot times you do know you can get Windows 7 to do all this speedy stuff with tweaks this is how I have been running ti for years.
It's always smart in a business sense to be one behind so the system is fully supported and it then doesn't require employees to need much training due to being used to that system at home plus the current company software should be supported.
A lot of people keep saying about Windows 8 quick boot times you do know you can get Windows 7 to do all this speedy stuff with tweaks this is how I have been running ti for years.
My point about how office workers have to adapt to the OS the company use or upgrade to,regardless of what version etc...